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27-11-1
Section 27-11-1 Purpose of chapter; short title. The Legislature declares its concern that
insurers not licensed to transact the business of insurance in this state are soliciting the
sale of insurance and selling insurance to residents of this state, thus presenting the commissioner
with the problem of resorting to courts of foreign jurisdictions for the purposes of enforcing
the insurance laws of this state for the protection of its residents. It is the purpose of
this unauthorized insurers law to make it unlawful for insurers that are not licensed to transact
the business of insurance in this state and to subject said insurers to the jurisdiction of
the courts of this state in actions or proceedings brought by the commissioner in transactions
involving unauthorized insurers or for the protection of insureds and claimants residing in
this state and for the protection of the public. This chapter constitutes and may be referred
to as the "Unauthorized Insurers Law." (Acts 1971, No....
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27-3-24
Section 27-3-24 Service of process on insurers - Appointment of commissioner as agent. (a)
Each insurer applying for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state shall
file with the commissioner an appointment of the commissioner and his successors in office,
on a form as furnished by the commissioner, as its attorney upon whom may be served all lawful
process in any action or proceeding against it in this state and therein shall agree that
any such process served upon such attorney shall be of the same force and validity as if served
on the insurer. The appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind the insurer and any successor
in interest or to the assets or liabilities of the insurer and shall remain in effect as long
as there is outstanding in this state any obligation or liability of the insurer resulting
from its transactions therein. (b) At the time of such appointment of the commissioner as
its process agent, the insurer shall file with the commissioner...
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27-3-31
Section 27-3-31 Domestic insurer may transfer domicile to another state and be admitted as
foreign insurer if so qualified; approval of Commissioner of Insurance; effect of interests
of policyholders. Any domestic insurer may, upon the approval of the Commissioner of Insurance,
transfer its domicile to any other state in which it is admitted to transact the business
of insurance, and upon such a transfer shall cease to be a domestic insurer, and shall be
admitted to this state if qualified as a foreign insurer. The Commissioner of Insurance shall
approve any such proposed transfer unless he shall determine such transfer is not in the interest
of the policyholders of this state. (Acts 1991, No. 91-446, p. 816, §2.)...
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27-3-32
Section 27-3-32 Domestic insurer may transfer domicile to another state and be admitted as
foreign insurer if so qualified; approval of Commissioner of Insurance; effect of interests
of policyholders; effect upon certificates of authority, agents, etc., including outstanding
policies; insurer's duty to file new policy forms; insurer's duty to notify commissioner of
details of transfer and file amendments required by law. The certificate of authority, agents
appointments and licenses, rates, and other items which the Commissioner of Insurance allows,
in his discretion, which are in existence at the time any insurer licensed to transact the
business of insurance in this state transfers its corporate domicile to this or any other
state by merger, consolidation or any other lawful method shall continue in full force and
effect upon such transfer if such insurer remains duly qualified to transact the business
of insurance in this state. All outstanding policies of any transferring insurer...
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27-31-5
Section 27-31-5 Attorneys. (a) "Attorney," as used in this chapter, refers to the
attorney-in-fact of a reciprocal insurer. The attorney may be an individual, firm, or corporation.
(b) Contracts of the insurer, including its policies, shall be executed by the attorney, duly
authorized and acting for the subscribers. (c) The attorney of a foreign or alien reciprocal
insurer, which insurer is duly authorized to transact insurance in this state, shall not,
by virtue of discharge of its duties as such attorney with respect to the insurer's transactions
in this state, be thereby deemed to be doing business in this state within the meaning of
any laws of this state applying to foreign firms or corporations. (Acts 1915, No. 280, p.
315; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §595.)...
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27-36A-3
Section 27-36A-3 Reserve valuation. (a) Policies and contracts issued prior to the operative
date of the valuation manual. (1) The commissioner shall annually value, or cause to be valued,
the reserve liabilities, hereinafter called reserves, for all outstanding life insurance policies
and annuity and pure endowment contracts of every life insurance company doing business in
this state issued on or after January 1, 1972, and prior to the operative date of the valuation
manual. In calculating reserves, the commissioner may use group methods and approximate averages
for fractions of a year or otherwise. In lieu of the valuation of the reserves required of
any foreign or alien insurer, the commissioner may accept any valuation made, or caused to
be made, by the insurance supervisory official of any state or other jurisdiction when valuation
complies with the minimum standard provided in this chapter. (2) The provisions set forth
in Sections 27-36A-5, 27-36A-6, 27-36A-7, 27-36A-8,...
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8-15-3
Section 8-15-3 Permit - Required; application; fees. (a) The judge of probate of the county
may not issue a license permitting anyone to transact business as a public warehouseman unless
the person presents to the judge of probate a permit to transact such business issued by the
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries showing that he or she has complied with all the
provisions of the law and rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture
and Industries relative to public warehouses. (b) Any person desiring to operate a public
warehouse shall file with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, upon forms prescribed
by the commissioner, a written application, verified by affidavit, which shall set forth the
location and the name of such warehouse and the name of such person interested as owner or
principal in the management of the same or, if it is managed or controlled by a corporation,
the names of the president, secretary, and treasurer of such...
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27-10-26
Section 27-10-26 Eligibility of insurers for placement of surplus line insurance. (a) A surplus
line broker shall not knowingly place surplus line insurance with an insurer that is unsound
financially, or that is ineligible under this section. The broker shall ascertain the financial
condition of the unauthorized insurer before placing insurance therewith. (b) The broker shall
not so insure with any of the following: (1) With any insurer which is not an authorized insurer
in at least one state of the United States for the kind of insurance involved, and with capital
or surplus, or both, amounting to at least five million dollars ($5,000,000); or guaranteed
trust fund amounting to at least five million dollars ($5,000,000). (2) With an alien insurer
not authorized to transact insurance in at least one state of the United States, unless the
insurer shall have established an effective trust fund of at least two million five hundred
thousand dollars ($2,500,000) within the United States...
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27-11-2
Section 27-11-2 Prohibition against transaction of insurance business, etc., in state without
license; exceptions. It shall be unlawful for any insurer to transact the business of insurance
in this state or to enter into a contract for insurance in this state without first obtaining
a license or certificate of authority from the commissioner. This unauthorized insurers law
shall not apply to: (1) Contracts of insurance procured pursuant to the surplus line insurance
law; (2) Transactions in this state involving contracts of insurance lawfully entered into,
written and the policy delivered outside of this state covering subjects of insurance not
resident, located or expressly to be performed in this state at the time of issuance and transactions
subsequent to the making of such contract and the issuance of such policy; (3) Reinsurance
contracts; (4) Transactions in this state involving group or blanket insurance and group annuities
where the master policy or contract was lawfully issued...
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27-29-4
Section 27-29-4 Registration of insurers. (a)(1) Every insurer which is authorized to do business
in this state and which is a member of an insurance holding company system shall register
with the commissioner, except a foreign insurer subject to registration requirements and standards
adopted by statute or regulation in the jurisdiction of its domicile which are substantially
similar to those contained in this section and both of the following: a. Subdivision (1) of
subsection (a) of Section 27-29-5, and subsections (b) and (d) of Section 27-29-5. b. Either
subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of Section 27-29-5 or a provision such as the following:
Each registered insurer shall keep current the information required to be disclosed in its
registration statement by reporting all material changes or additions within 15 days after
the end of the month in which it learns of each change or addition. (2) Any insurer which
is subject to registration under this section shall register within 15...
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